Aubrey joined Memphis
Pride Cheer last April. Since then she has been practicing 2-3 days a
week for their first competition. She absolutely LOVES cheerleading, and
has been doing extremely well in it. The week before her competition she
had practice every single night. We tried to make sure she ate well and
got in bed as early as possible, as we didn't want her little body getting worn
down. Friday night in the middle of practice she came to me and said her
throat was hurting when she did her cartwheels and back kickovers. I told
her she was probably just thirsty and encouraged her to get back out
there. With about 10 minutes left in practice, I looked down and saw her
sitting in one of the coach's laps. I knew then something was wrong.
Sure enough, I went down and they told me she wasn't feeling well. Since
practice was just about over anyway, we went ahead home. I took her temp
as soon as we walked in the door and it was 101.8. She ate dinner and
went to bed.
About 3:00 in the
morning I heard her cough and whine and got up. As soon as I touched her
I knew she had high fever - she felt like she was on fire!! I carried her
to the den, lay her on the couch and took her temp - 103.6. I loaded her
upon Advil and lay with her for over an hour. She asked me to turn the tv
on, so I did and turned the volume way down. She fell asleep within 5
minutes.
We got up and all she
kept asking is, "How many hours until my competition??" We
asked her over and over if she was SURE she felt like cheering, and each time
her reply was an emphatic "YES!!!" I texted the moms and told
them that Aubs had been running fever and not to let the other girls hug on
her, put the Advil in my purse, and off we went.
Before the competition
You can see she was
feeling puny by this time, so I loved on her and kept her away from her
friends. I gave her a little more Advil, and she didn't feel too
feverish.
When it was time to
perform, I was a nervous wreck. I was so afraid she wouldn't be able to
do it because she didn't feel well. When they introduced her team, the
Glamour Girls, she ran out screaming and smiling and you never would have
imagined she had felt bad.
The routine. You
can spot Aubrey by her hair :)
We were SO proud
of the team!! They all did a fabulous job! Clint went to go get
Aubrey from the coaches and brought her to the bleachers where we were
sitting. I noticed immediately that she was shivering. I put her
warm ups on her and we waited until awards.
By the time awards
rolled around, about 45 minutes later, it was obvious Aubrey wasn't feeling well.
I still couldn't believe she had just performed as well as she had. She
was definitely glad she stuck around though, her team won 1st place!!!!
Aubrey posed for a few
pictures, then came over to me and said "I want to go home". We
left immediately.
When we got in the car
Clint and I debated whether or not he should take her to the dr. Madelyn
and I were leaving less than an hour later to go to Tuscaloosa for her
gymnastics meet. We decided we didn't have enough time right then and
went home. By the time we got there Aubrey was running 104 fever.
She changed clothes and laid on the couch. Clint promised me that he
would take her to the Dr. if her fever didn't go away soon, so when our ride
got there, Madelyn and I left.
We had NO idea just how
sick our baby was....
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